University of the Pacific

The University of the Pacific, formerly College of the Pacific, is an independent university, first chartered in 1851 in Santa Clara, California under the name California Wesleyan College. The College of the Pacific moved to San Jose in 1871, and to its present location in Stockton in 1923. It was the state's second institution for higher learning, post-dating the present Santa Clara University by a few months. The University of the Pacific has three campuses in three cities: McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco, and the main campus in Stockton which also includes a large postgraduate pharmeceutical school.

Demographics

The Stockton campus has about 4,500 students (3,360 undergraduates, 620 professional pharmacy students, and 540 graduate students, mostly in Education and Business). Approximately 80% are from California, the rest are from 43 other states and 42 other countries.

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44% of the undergraduates are from ethnic and racially under-represented American minorities, and another 4% are from other countries. (Eight percent did not state ethnicity and are listed as "Unknown.") http://pacific.edu/admission/admissioninfo/faq.asp#ethnic

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African-American 3%

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Asian/Pacific Islander 30%

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Hispanic 9%

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Multi-Ethnic 1%

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Native American 1%

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White/Caucasian 45%

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International 3%

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Unknown 8%

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